or fate? Mike Lynch , who is missing after his wifes (tax evasion?) super yacht sank under a tornado was tried for the sale of Autonomy for £11bn. His co-defendant Stephen Chamberlain was killed in a car accident on Saturday night. Whilst both were acquitted other members of the company were jailed for upto 5 years.
MIDDLE EAST
Time to reveal my ignorance – but unlike te racist bigots I am willing to be corrected.
Israel – A state born from Europe’s guilt – this guilt is odd, maybe the wrong word even, would sympathy be better? My vocab is too limited to give it a proper name. It was conceived in an attempted genocide, but also in a racist world. Palestinians were not treated as equals, just people/things to be displaced for the Jews. Did the Allies know about the death camps, to be honest it would be inconceivable that they did not! In war I accept that difficult and morally indefensible decisions have to be made, or at least are made (Soviet troops waiting near Warsaw being one I have a small knowledge of).
WAGES
the Mail quotes economists saying that the pay rises given to workers will cause inflation! Surely the tax cuts mooted by the last Government are the same? but the Mail never states this. They just want to criticise workers for getting a well deserved and long waited for rise. They do not also complain abot the FTSE100 CEO pay rises – but to be fair these are probably not inflationary as the money will be sequested abroad to avoid paying tax.
STRIKES
Predictably the RW Media is getting its knickers in a twist regarding strikes. What none of them seem to be picking up on is that the latest strike threats are about working practises. For too long the Tories have pushed back on the unions thus stiffling their campaigns for better working conditions. The 21st century demands an end to bullying and manipulation in the work place. Arrogance and misogeny have no place in the work places of this country. We need to build on the minimum wage to enforce minimum standards of behaviour by all in places of work. And this should apply to customers too! If employers do not like our standards they can just FO!
WHITE FRIGHT
The RW media seem determined to capitalise on the fears, insecurities and inadequacies the white poor (I refuse to call these morons working class – work is an anaethema to them). Two tier policing is ridiculous, we have had a multi-tiered policing in this country for ever. From strip searching of black school girls, stop and search through to the impunity with which golf course members can drive hope pissed most nights without fear of a breathalizer, to the tax dodgers like Tice and Rees-Mogg who seem to be unaware of the incongruity of tax avoidance and patriotism.
BIGOTRY
I am tired of the bigotry that has come to pervade our lives. I may be too quick to concede that migration is causing problems, especially when others maintain a racist dialogue with being even willing to discus solutions other than their moronic own. Is social media to blame? I believe that it no more to blame than the Mail, Telegraph, Express, Sun, GBNews, Talk Radio and others that pedal the same old crap relentlessly. People make choices and those who follow the stench also do so on socail media. I believe that the BBC has become too political over the last 14 years with its willingness to promote the likes of Farage – but it still has some journalism and does try to do some fact finding regarding stories.
ANGRY
Just speaking to my brother, and I should have known we were entering difficult territory with discussion about immigrants. However when he started saying that he knew a teacher/lecturer who watched GB News – I said he must be a cunt! My brother then said his wife watched it as it was a brilliant news channel – I put the phone down and blocked him!
I can handle his desire to reminence about the past, but even if I agree about the population growth over our countryside (Both UK and worldwide), he is still a racist and I am ashamed of being related to him!
MONDAY IS A LOW NEWS DAY!
So the revalation that the FTSE 100 CEO median pay was £4.19m. Juxta position with James Ratcliffe who has just bought a major share in Manchester Fucking United, and has moved to Monaco to avoid tax, complainstat he does not feel safe in London with his watch on. Stupid fucker does not see the relationship between tax payment and public service. He obviously cares little for public services or others. Then Tice is shown on a bike in London with his floozy next to him – again a massive tax avoider. Supporting the UK is not in his list of ambitions or his hideous partner.
STARMER
Congratulations to Keir Starmer and Yvette Cooper, they have acted swiftly in the face of the rioting; they have also done this in consultation with all concerned via 3 COBRA meetings. I think it is safe to say that a Tory Government would still be agonising over whom to support – as they are in opposition!
FAKE NEWS AND THE FARAGE RIOTS
Much has been reported about the fake news that contributed to the riots. The BBC has investigated and can find no evidence that it was spread by Russia so that itself is fake news. I suspect that the rioters were just waiting for them to happen so they would have found an excuse anyway. I am sure they were not expecting to be arrested en masse and banged up for substantial periods of time!